Reading Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile | Alexandria
Read Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan. Exploring teenage nihilism, Sagan's provocative novels expose how boredom breeds moral chaos, revealing that youth's greatest enemy isn't angst but empty affluence. Her precocious protagonists prove that emotional authenticity often requires destroying others' happiness—a disturbing truth about human nature that still haunts our curated contentment today.